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Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:
Elizabeth Warren's Higher Education Plan: Eliminate Tuition and Cancel Student Debt  —  Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, who has structured her presidential campaign around a steady unveiling of disruptive policy ideas, on Monday proposed her biggest one yet: a $1.25 trillion plan …
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Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
Elizabeth Warren Calls for Wiping Out Student-Loan Debt, Making College Free  —  Her policy would allow for the cancellation of as much as $50,000 in student-loan debt for those with household incomes under $100,000.  —  Gideon Resnick  —  Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) …
Discussion: Politico and VICE News
Benjy Sarlin / NBC News:   Warren's plan to wipe out student debt (and how she'd pay for it)
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
What House Democrats should do now  —  It may not have been his intention, but special counsel Robert S. Mueller III has forced a momentous choice on the Democrats who control the House of Representatives.  How they navigate the next several months will matter not only to politics but …
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Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Impeach Donald Trump?  —  Obstruction of justice is a crime.  The decision is clear.  —  The Mueller report has been released, with redactions of course, and it is a damning document.  Not only does it detail Russian efforts to attack our election to help the Trump campaign …
CNN:
It's not 1998 anymore. Democrats shouldn't be afraid of impeachment
Nathaniel Rakich / FiveThirtyEight:
How Seth Moulton Could Win The 2020 Democratic Primary  —  Monday morning, Seth Moulton, the 40-year-old congressman from Massachusetts, officially announced he is running for president on “Good Morning America.”  While Moulton might not yet be a household name, he fits neatly into a certain mold …
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Stephanie Murray / Politico:
Seth Moulton announces 2020 bid
Discussion: Axios, The Week and CNN
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Rep. Seth Moulton is latest Democrat to enter 2020 field
Dan Merica / CNN:
Rep. Seth Moulton enters 2020 race
Discussion: Roll Call and Daily Kos
Washington Post:
Trump and his business sue House Oversight chairman to block congressional subpoena of financial records  —  President Trump is seeking a court order to prevent his accounting firm from complying with what his lawyers say is an illegitimate use of congressional subpoena power by congressional Democrats.
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump sues in bid to block congressional subpoena of financial records  —  President Trump and his business on Monday sued House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.) in a bid to block a congressional subpoena of his financial records.  —  The lawsuit seeks a court order …
Associated Press:
Buttigieg scrambles to turn 2020 buzz into momentum  —  MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — There are no policy positions on his website.  He has virtually no paid presence in the states that matter most.  And his campaign manager is a high school friend with no experience in presidential politics.
Discussion: The Guardian
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: How to think about the Democrats' impeachment dilemma
Judson Berger / Fox News:
Trump administration announces new Iran crackdown targeting oil revenue  —  The Trump administration on Monday targeted Iran's energy sector by announcing the U.S. would no longer exempt any countries from sanctions for importing Iranian oil.  —  “This decision is intended to bring Iran's oil exports …
Discussion: Politico and Breitbart
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Trump administration opposes military intervention in Iran
Discussion: ТАСС and Raw Story
Tamar Auber / Mediaite:
Russian State TV is Reportedly Airing Sean Hannity Clips Bashing Mueller Report  —  Russian state television has reportedly turned to Fox News personality Sean Hannity to help spread the message that the Trump campaign was not complicit in election meddling.
Discussion: USA Today and Contemptor
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Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:   Chris Wallace Destroys Trump's ‘No Obstruction’ Claim to Rudy Giuliani's Face: 'That's Not True!'
Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
Giuliani: Americans had ‘right to know’ the contents of Democratic emails hacked by Russians
Discussion: Slate and New York Post
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump wins over big donors who snubbed him in 2016  —  Deep-pocketed Republicans who snubbed Donald Trump in 2016 are going all in for him in 2020, throwing their weight behind a newly created fundraising drive that's expected to dump tens of millions into his reelection coffers.
Nellie Bowles / New York Times:
Silicon Valley Came to Kansas Schools.  That Started a Rebellion.  —  WELLINGTON, Kan. — The seed of rebellion was planted in classrooms.  It grew in kitchens and living rooms, in conversations between students and their parents.  —  It culminated when Collin Winter, 14 …
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Reagan's Supply-Side Warriors Blaze a Comeback Under Trump  —  On a Tuesday evening earlier this month, several dozen Washingtonians gathered in a ballroom at the Trump International Hotel, ostensibly to enjoy an open bar and watch a new PBS documentary about money.
Washington Post:
New research shows just how badly a citizenship question would hurt the 2020 Census  —  It could lead to a huge undercount, particularly of Latinos and immigrants  —  The Trump administration's attempt to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census reaches the Supreme Court on Tuesday.
New York Times:
To Defend Against a Mercurial Boss, Trump Aides Wield the Pen as Shield  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump glanced around the room and noticed Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, then his national security adviser, with his head bent over a notebook, scribbling something down.
CBS News:
Death toll from Easter Sunday terror attacks in Sri Lanka nears 300  —  At least nine bombs that tore through churches and hotels in three Sri Lankan cities on Easter Sunday.  The death toll had risen to at least 290, with more than 500 others wounded, by Monday morning.
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New York Times:
Police Warned That Sri Lanka Churches Were Bombing Targets
Elizabeth Warren / The Cut:
The World Needs Fewer Cersei Lannisters  —  I watch Game of Thrones because, just like everyone else, I want to find out who lives, who dies, and who ends up on the spiky iron chair in King's Landing.  But for me, the hit HBO show is about more than a death count (I'll leave that to Arya).
 
 
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New York Times:
Ukraine Election: Volodymyr Zelensky, TV Comedian, Trounces President
Discussion: NPR, Joe.My.God. and BBC
Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
How Stephen Miller made immigration personal
Daniel Chaitin / Washington Examiner:
Matt Gaetz: Evidence of FBI-media ‘corruption’ coming out before DOJ inspector general report
Lisa Lerer / New York Times:
Amy Klobuchar's Big Idea: Bipartisan Appeal Can Beat Trump
Seth Masket / FiveThirtyEight:
We Asked Democratic Activists Who They're Backing — And Who They'd Hate To See Win
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Victor Davis Hanson / American Greatness:
Russian 'Collusion's' Greatest Hits
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Why Is Stephen Moore Hanging Out with the Alt-Right?
The Economist:
China is using Facebook to build a huge audience around the world
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Two ways of looking at the “achievement gap”
Jim Tankersley / New York Times:
Trump's Washing Machine Tariffs Stung Consumers While Lifting Corporate Profits
Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Inside the special counsel's long hunt to uncover whether the Trump campaign conspired with Russia
Discussion: The Week
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Bloomberg:
A look at the challenges facing Crunchyroll, as current and ex-staffers say its management is out of touch, amid Disney and Netflix's expansion into anime

Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
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